FQCN23 CWVR 181147
WAVE HEIGHT FORECASTS FOR PACIFIC WATERS ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:00 A.M. PST WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY 2026 FOR TODAY TONIGHT AND
THURSDAY.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED AT 4:00 P.M. PST.

FORECAST VALUES ARE COMBINED WIND WAVE AND SWELL HEIGHTS. HIGHEST
WAVES MAY BE MORE THAN TWICE FORECAST VALUES. WAVE HEIGHTS MAY VARY
CONSIDERABLY DUE TO SHORELINE AND DEPTH EFFECTS.

WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND NORTH
WEST COAST VANCOUVER ISLAND SOUTH.
SEAS 2 TO 3 METRES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 LATE OVERNIGHT.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND - EASTERN HALF.
SEAS 1 TO 2 METRES SUBSIDING TO 1 NEAR NOON THURSDAY.

QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND - WESTERN HALF.
SEAS 2 TO 3 METRES SUBSIDING TO 2 THURSDAY MORNING.

CENTRAL COAST FROM MCINNES ISLAND TO PINE ISLAND.
SEAS 1 TO 2 METRES EXCEPT 3 NEAR THE MAINLAND INLETS. SEAS BECOMING 1
OR LESS THURSDAY MORNING EXCEPT 3 NEAR THE MAINLAND INLETS.

HECATE STRAIT - NORTHERN HALF.
SEAS 1 METRE BUILDING TO 1 TO 2 NEAR NOON THEN SUBSIDING TO 1 OR LESS
THURSDAY MORNING.

HECATE STRAIT - SOUTHERN HALF.
SEAS 1 TO 2 METRES SUBSIDING TO 1 OR LESS THURSDAY MORNING.

DIXON ENTRANCE EAST.
SEAS 1 METRE EXCEPT 2 TO 3 NEAR THE MAINLAND INLETS TODAY AND THIS
EVENING.

DIXON ENTRANCE WEST.
SEAS 1 TO 2 METRES SUBSIDING TO 1 THURSDAY MORNING.

WEST COAST HAIDA GWAII.
SEAS 2 TO 3 METRES SUBSIDING TO 1 TO 2 NEAR MIDNIGHT AND TO 1 NEAR
NOON THURSDAY.

BOWIE.
SEAS 3 TO 4 METRES SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 EARLY THIS EVENING AND TO 1 TO
2 LATE OVERNIGHT.

EXPLORER.
SEAS 3 TO 4 METRES SUBSIDING TO 2 TO 3 THURSDAY MORNING AND TO 2
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

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